Competitive games for your everyday handball training: 60 exercises for every age group

By Jörg Madinger

Handball needs quick and correct decisions in each game situation. This can be trained playfully and diversely through handball-specific games. These 60 exercises are divided into seven categories and train the playing skills.

The book deals with the following subjects:
- Team ball variants
- Team play with different targets
- Tag games
- Sprint and relay race games
- Ball throwing and transportation games
- Games from other types of sports
- Complex closing game variants

The exercises are illustrated and described in an easy, comprehensible manner. They can be immediately integrated in every training unit. Various difficulty levels, additional notes, and possible variations allow for adjustment to each age group and group size.

This reference book contains 60 individual exercises.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DV Concept
• Release date: Mar 31, 2017
• ISBN: 9783956411854

Book preview

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Key

 Attacker/Player

 Defending player

 Cone

 Small gym mat

 Safety mat

 Ball box

 Small vaulting box

 Large vaulting box

 Small vaulting box, upside down

 Hoop, bucket

 Medicine ball, soft ball, tennis ball

 soccer ball

 Balance bench

 Handball pyramid

 Dice

 Coordination ladder

 Bars

 Basketball basket

Category: Team ball variants

No. 1: Team ball: Basic version and variant

Minimum number of players: 6

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1 handball, 4 cones, playing field suitable for number of players

Setting:

- Define a suitable field with cones (suitable for the number of players and their level of performance).

- Make two teams.

Course (figure 1):

- The team who has the ball tries to play a certain number of passes (5/10) while trying to keep the players of the defending team from touching the ball (A).

- If they manage to play the defined number of passes, they get a point and the other team gets the ball. 

- The team who has the fewest points at the end must do a predefined exercise (2 accelerating runs, for example).

Variant (figure 2):

) receives the ball again immediately (C) – return pass.

 must get into space immediately after he played the pass (B).

) (D) is also allowed; the players do not get a point for this however.

No. 2: Team ball with additional running exercises

Minimum number of players: 6

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1 handball, 4 cones, playing field suitable for number of players

Setting:

- Define a suitable field with cones (suitable for the number of players and their level of performance).

- Make two teams.

Course 1 (figure 1) (6-8 players):

- The teams play team ball in the playing field (see exercise no. 1).

- After each pass (A), the players must run around a cone first (B) before they may receive a pass again. If the team who has the ball manages to play 10 passes without the other team touching the ball, the defending players must do 10 quick jumping jacks, for example.

- Without dribbling.

Course 2 (figure 2) (8 or more players):

- The players play on the entire half of the court.

 must leave the playing field first (A) before he may receive a pass again.

- If the team who has the ball manages to play 10 passes without the other team touching the ball, the defending team must do 10 quick jumping jacks, for example.

- Without dribbling.

Additional exercises for the players who left the field after playing the pass before they are allowed to step back into the field and receive a pass again (exercises must be done outside of the field):

- 5 push-ups, 1 somersault on a mat, 5 straight jumps, for example.

No. 3: Team ball with moving 1

Minimum number of players: 8

Difficulty level: 

Equipment required: 1 handball, 4 cones, playing field suitable for number of players

Setting:

- Divide the playing field into four smaller fields using cones (I to IV).

- Make two teams.

Course:

- The two teams play team ball against each other.

- The player holding the ball must dribble out of his field first (A and B) before he is allowed to play a pass.

Exercise/objective:

- The attacking players try to play 10 passes. If they succeed, the defending players must do a predefined exercise.

Variants:

- No return passes allowed (for larger groups).

- Jump shot passes.

- Passing with the non-throwing hand.

No. 4: Team ball with mats

Minimum number of players: 8

Difficulty level: 

Equipment required: When playing 4-on-4, 6 mats required (2 more mats than players per team), 1 handball, ½ handball court or equivalent playing field

Setting:

- Put several gym mats on the floor of the playing field.

- Make two teams.

Course:

- The teams play team ball against each other.

- The players get a point, if they manage